Can little-fancied Sampdoria trouble Roma?

Roma and Sampdoria face each other this Sunday at the for matchweek 28 of the Serie A. Currently, José Mourinho's team are 5th in the table with 47 points, while Dejan Stankovic's team are 19th with 15 points.

Roma go into the game on the back of a 1x0 defeat against Lazio (Serie A 2022/23), whilst the visitors edged past Hellas Verona with a 3x1 win (Serie A 2022/23). Digging back into the archives highlights that José Mourinho's team and Sampdoria have faced each other one hundred forty-three times, with Roma holding the advantage: 60 victories, against 44 victories of Dejan Stankovic's team.

Considering only the Serie A, there have been one hundred twenty-nine games played between the two teams, with 53 wins for Roma, 36 draws and 40 wins for Sampdoria.

Considering the Serie A 2022/23, from Roma's most influential players, Tammy Abraham participated in 27 games, and Rui Patrício is the one with more minutes played (2430). Paulo Dybala is the current best scorer with 9 goals. As for Sampdoria, Tommaso Augello has entered the field 26 times, and Emil Audero has played the most minutes (2250). Manolo Gabbiadini is the current best scorer with 6 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Roma winning 1x0. José Mourinho's team is given the favouritism to win this match.